ALL meanings of inoculate
in·oc·u·late
I i - transitive verb inoculate vaccinate against sth 1
- noun inoculate Treat (a person or animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease. 1
- verb with object inoculate to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance. 1
- verb with object inoculate to affect or treat (a person, animal, or plant) in this manner. 1
- verb with object inoculate to introduce (microorganisms) into surroundings suited to their growth, as a culture medium. 1
- verb with object inoculate to imbue (a person), as with ideas. 1
- verb with object inoculate Metallurgy. to treat (molten metal) chemically to strengthen the microstructure. 1
- verb without object inoculate to perform inoculation. 1
- verb inoculate To inoculate a person or animal means to inject a weak form of a disease into their body as a way of protecting them against the disease. 0
- verb inoculate to introduce (the causative agent of a disease) into the body of (a person or animal), in order to induce immunity 0
- verb inoculate to introduce (microorganisms, esp bacteria) into (a culture medium) 0
- verb inoculate to cause to be influenced or imbued, as with ideas or opinions 0
- verb transitive inoculate to inject a serum, vaccine, etc. into (a living organism), esp. in order to create immunity 0
- verb transitive inoculate to communicate (a disease) in this way 0
- verb transitive inoculate to put or implant microorganisms into (soil, a culture medium, etc.) to develop a culture, stimulate growth, fix nitrogen, etc. 0
- verb transitive inoculate to introduce ideas, etc. into the mind of; imbue 0